What is the aim of crime prevention policies such as CCTV?

To reduce the rewards & benefits of committing crime

What is 'restorative justice'?

Reconciliation between victims & offenders

What do Wilson & Kelling suggest are the best crime control measures?

Stopping urban decay / zero-tolerence policing

Right realists Cohen & Felson suggest that criminals are deterred by 'capable guardians'. Why?

People are rational & can therefore be deterred by a police presence

Why might zero-tolerence policing ultimately fail as a crime control policy?

ZTP limits extent & impact of crime but don’t address its social causes

What does the study of 'eugenics' assume about the causes of crime?

Criminalitity is the result of biological inheritence that can be modified

What is the aim of psychoanalysis?

To become aware of your repressed, unconscious thoughts

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Criminology: theories & social policy (Unit 2, AC 4.1)

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Questions 15

Answers

1
Which British politician - later prime minister - promised to be 'tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime'?
Margaret Thatcher
David Cameron
Tony Blair
Boris Johnson
2
Which of these is an example of 'behaviour modification'?
Token economy
Rehabilitation
Prison
Chemical castration
3
Which of these is an example of penal populism?
Less visible policing
Longer prison sentences
More informal sanctions against offenders
More community sentences
4
What is the aim of crime prevention policies such as CCTV?
To reduce the rewards & benefits of committing crime
To provide footage for YouTube
To address the social causes of crime
To replace prison with community sentences
5
Which explanation of criminality advocates psychoanalysis?
Psychodynamic approach
Social learning theory
Behaviourism
Individualistic theories of crime
6
Who claimed that deterrent sentencing is more likely to reduce crime?
Lea & Young
Cornish & Clarke
Cohen & Felson
Murray
7
What is 'restorative justice'?
Reconciliation between victims & offenders
The use of token economies to change behaviour
Harsher prison sentences
Making people feel safer by, e.g. putting more cctv in town centres
8
Which English city introduced zero-tolerence policing in 2005 & saw a significant decrease in recorded crime?
York
Liverpool
Nottingham
Darlington
9
Higher than normal levels of dopamine have been linked to aggression
True
False
10
What do Wilson & Kelling suggest are the best crime control measures?
Stopping urban decay / zero-tolerence policing
Policies that deal with social deprivation
More community sentences
More CCTV cameras
11
Right realists Cohen & Felson suggest that criminals are deterred by 'capable guardians'. Why?
Police officers are much fitter than most offenders and can out-run them
People are rational & can therefore be deterred by a police presence
Capable guardians tackle the social causes of crime
Capable guardians, e.g. police, have excellent people skills
12
The use of neurochemicals to change criminal behaviour is associated with which type of theory?
Sociological theories
Biological theories
Individualistic theories
Realism
13
Why might zero-tolerence policing ultimately fail as a crime control policy?
ZTP is too soft on criminals & is unlikely to deter them
Governments don't like right realist policies on crime reduction
ZTP limits extent & impact of crime but don’t address its social causes
ZTP simply doesn't work
14
What does the study of 'eugenics' assume about the causes of crime?
Criminalitity is the result of biological inheritence that can be modified
Criminality is caused by social deprivation
It's linked to brain disfunction
It's linked to personality traits
15
What is the aim of psychoanalysis?
To become aware of your repressed, unconscious thoughts
To learning pro-social behaviours
To modified genetic faults that cause criminality
To modify personality traits

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Criminology: theories & social policy (Unit 2, AC 4.1)

15 termsStudBud Administration3,285 plays

Flashcards15 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 15

Answers

1
Which British politician - later prime minister - promised to be 'tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime'?
Margaret Thatcher
David Cameron
Tony Blair
Boris Johnson
2
Which of these is an example of 'behaviour modification'?
Token economy
Rehabilitation
Prison
Chemical castration
3
Which of these is an example of penal populism?
Less visible policing
Longer prison sentences
More informal sanctions against offenders
More community sentences
4
What is the aim of crime prevention policies such as CCTV?
To reduce the rewards & benefits of committing crime
To provide footage for YouTube
To address the social causes of crime
To replace prison with community sentences
5
Which explanation of criminality advocates psychoanalysis?
Psychodynamic approach
Social learning theory
Behaviourism
Individualistic theories of crime
6
Who claimed that deterrent sentencing is more likely to reduce crime?
Lea & Young
Cornish & Clarke
Cohen & Felson
Murray
7
What is 'restorative justice'?
Reconciliation between victims & offenders
The use of token economies to change behaviour
Harsher prison sentences
Making people feel safer by, e.g. putting more cctv in town centres
8
Which English city introduced zero-tolerence policing in 2005 & saw a significant decrease in recorded crime?
York
Liverpool
Nottingham
Darlington
9
Higher than normal levels of dopamine have been linked to aggression
True
False
10
What do Wilson & Kelling suggest are the best crime control measures?
Stopping urban decay / zero-tolerence policing
Policies that deal with social deprivation
More community sentences
More CCTV cameras
11
Right realists Cohen & Felson suggest that criminals are deterred by 'capable guardians'. Why?
Police officers are much fitter than most offenders and can out-run them
People are rational & can therefore be deterred by a police presence
Capable guardians tackle the social causes of crime
Capable guardians, e.g. police, have excellent people skills
12
The use of neurochemicals to change criminal behaviour is associated with which type of theory?
Sociological theories
Biological theories
Individualistic theories
Realism
13
Why might zero-tolerence policing ultimately fail as a crime control policy?
ZTP is too soft on criminals & is unlikely to deter them
Governments don't like right realist policies on crime reduction
ZTP limits extent & impact of crime but don’t address its social causes
ZTP simply doesn't work
14
What does the study of 'eugenics' assume about the causes of crime?
Criminalitity is the result of biological inheritence that can be modified
Criminality is caused by social deprivation
It's linked to brain disfunction
It's linked to personality traits
15
What is the aim of psychoanalysis?
To become aware of your repressed, unconscious thoughts
To learning pro-social behaviours
To modified genetic faults that cause criminality
To modify personality traits